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• Coronavirus: PM understands 'anxiety' over exam grading

  10-08-2020 17:46 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Boris Johnson says he is "very keen" that exams should go ahead as normal in the coming year.
  
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• Nicola Sturgeon 'sorry' over Scottish exam results

  10-08-2020 15:32 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The first minister accepts her government "did not get it right" with the system for calculating pupils' grades.
  
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• How will I get my A-level, GCSE or BTEC exam results this year?

  10-08-2020 12:08 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Exams in the UK were cancelled this year, but how are students learning their results?
  
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• Coronavirus: Little evidence of Covid transmission in schools, says Williamson

  10-08-2020 11:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The education secretary says a new coronavirus study supports the government decision to reopen schools.
  
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• Coronavirus: Students 'selling clothes to pay rent'

  10-08-2020 02:04 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There has been a large increase in students applying for emergency help since lockdown.
  
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• John Swinney 'hears anger' of pupils over SQA results

  09-08-2020 18:51 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The education secretary is to make a statement on Tuesday after the row over exam grading.
  
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• John Swinney could face no-confidence vote over exams controversy

  07-08-2020 20:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Some opposition parties are calling for John Swinney to resign over the handling of exam grades.
  
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• A-level and GCSE results: 'Improved' schools can challenge grades

  07-08-2020 12:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The exam regulator broadens rights of appeal amid concerns about unfair results in the pandemic.
  
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• School funding plan 'benefits wealthier pupils most'

  07-08-2020 03:52 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The government's latest funding plan could "disproportionately benefit schools in better-off areas".
  
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• Coronavirus: Universities 'face collapse in student numbers'

  07-08-2020 02:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  It comes as a former vice-chancellor says universities face a "perfect storm".
  
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• Child died after becoming trapped between two stairgates, report finds

  06-08-2020 12:53 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A health visitor reported worrying signs of "squalor" at the four-year-old's home days before.
  
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• Coronavirus: University life may 'pose further risk' to young shielders

  06-08-2020 09:56 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A lack of information from universities will pose a "further risk to lives", the NUS warns.
  
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• Coronavirus: The childcare 'jigsaw' parents are facing this summer

  06-08-2020 03:10 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Many holiday clubs aren't running and some have had to hike up prices - how are parents coping?
  
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• Schools 'must come before pubs and restaurants in future'

  05-08-2020 12:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The right to an education should take priority over pubs, England's children's commissioner says.
  
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• Early-years workers quit 'underpaid and undervalued' jobs

  05-08-2020 03:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  You could earn more in Tesco, admits one pre-school leader as thousands leave the profession.
  
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• GCSEs: Here's why you shouldn't give up on poetry

  04-08-2020 18:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Poetry will become an optional subject area in GCSE English literature exams next year.
  
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• Scotland's results day: Thousands of pupils have exam grades lowered

  04-08-2020 15:48 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The exam body says it lowered 125,000 grades that had been estimated by teachers to "maintain credibility".
  
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• Testing and tracing 'key to schools returning', scientists say

  04-08-2020 13:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The UK's test and trace schemes are not yet good enough to stop a virus resurgence, scientists say.
  
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• Coronavirus: GCSE students allowed to drop poetry in 2021 exams

  04-08-2020 08:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Other English and history topics will also become optional in England after disruption to lessons.
  
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• Coronavirus: How pandemic pods and zutors are changing home-schooling

  04-08-2020 01:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  US parents are resorting to "pandemic pods" and garden classrooms - but will it deepen inequalities?
  
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• Coronavirus: Schools will be ready for September - minister

  02-08-2020 19:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Reopening schools is a priority for the government and it will be safe, a cabinet minister says.
  
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• Prison launches take-away meal delivery service

  31-07-2020 02:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Brixton prison is taking orders for take-aways from its professional-standard training restaurant.
  
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• Coronavirus in Scotland: Charity's plea to increase school uniform grant

  31-07-2020 01:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Child Poverty Action Group says coronavirus has left many parents facing "extraordinary financial pressure."
  
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• Coronavirus: Scottish schools to fully reopen from 11 August

  30-07-2020 14:18 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Scottish government wants to see all pupils back in classrooms by 18 August "at the very latest".
  
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• Yazidi children still haunted by Islamic State, Amnesty International says

  30-07-2020 03:33 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Large numbers of Yazidi were killed by the Islamic State when it overran their homeland in 2014.
  
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• PM's child poverty claims 'inaccurate,' says statistics watchdog

  30-07-2020 03:12 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour urges Boris Johnson to "correct the record" after criticism from the statistics authority.
  
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• Coronavirus: Nicola Sturgeon to confirm reopening of Scottish schools

  30-07-2020 02:16 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Nicola Sturgeon is expected to give schools the go-ahead to reopen in full from 11 August.
  
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• Black pupils face trebled exclusion rate in some areas of England

  30-07-2020 01:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An analysis shows they are more likely to be excluded than their peers in most council areas of England.
  
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• Young people 'feel anxiety and terror' using fitness apps

  30-07-2020 01:25 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A study of young people finds a fine line between getting results and becoming "obsessed".
  
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• Coronavirus: Labour warns of 'perfect storm' for working parents

  30-07-2020 00:07 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour raises concerns about rising costs, but the government points to "significant" support for the sector.
  
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• Unhealthy diets are ‘slow-motion disaster’

  29-07-2020 14:38 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A national food strategy calls for wider access to free school meals and warns of misleading labels.
  
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• International students turn to food banks in lockdown

  29-07-2020 02:31 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Hundreds of international students are unable afford fees, food or rent as funds dry up due to virus.
  
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• More universities join victims of Blackbaud hack

  28-07-2020 22:03 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The charity says a database containing details of its volunteers and fundraisers has been affected.
  
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• Coronavirus on campus: 'We already lost prom and graduation...'

  28-07-2020 21:45 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The BBC spoke to three students about the uncertainty of schools reopening in the age of Covid-19.
  
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• Recordings show lockdown London quieter than 1928

  28-07-2020 14:15 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Museum records London's "silent streets" of 2020 and reveals much noisier streets of 1928.
  
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• Coronavirus: 'Teacher training application rise' during lockdown

  28-07-2020 01:41 via bbc.co.uk
  
  After years of recruitment issues, more people are applying to be teachers in Wales.
  
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• 'Flexibility' this year over staying on for A-level

  27-07-2020 18:54 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Schools are told by watchdog to be more lenient if pupils miss the grades for staying on for A-levels.
  
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• Thomas Grattoni-May: Boy's stammer 'made worse by lockdown'

  27-07-2020 14:50 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Thomas, 15, said being "hidden" behind a computer screen meant teachers could not see him struggling to speak.
  
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• Students back at uni - but with masks and no bars

  27-07-2020 01:00 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Face-to-face teaching starts again at the University of Nottingham, with safety rules on campus.
  
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• Soft play centres at risk of closing

  26-07-2020 01:22 via bbc.co.uk
  
  With no date for reopening, children's play centres are closing and hundreds more are under threat.
  
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• Coronavirus: Wills witnessed by video link to be made legal

  25-07-2020 02:05 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The law is being changed to make it easier for people to record their final wishes during the pandemic.
  
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• Coronavirus: Lost school time 'will hurt economy for 65 years' - study

  24-07-2020 02:27 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The disruption to schools in the pandemic will cause long-term damage, says Royal Society.
  
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• Labour would 'rescue any university going bust'

  23-07-2020 17:47 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Students are told by Labour they would not allow any university to face financial collapse.
  
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• Blackbaud Hack: Universities lose data to ransomware attack

  23-07-2020 16:26 via bbc.co.uk
  
  At least seven UK universities and one in Canada were affected by attack on a cloud computing provider.
  
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• 'Where you can afford to move decides job chances'

  23-07-2020 08:59 via bbc.co.uk
  
  There are "stark inequalities" between those moving to London and those not, says Social Mobility Commission.
  
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• British pupils 'struggled to continue learning at home'

  22-07-2020 12:11 via bbc.co.uk
  
  An official report reveals how children have struggled to continue learning at home during lockdown.
  
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• Coronavirus: Universities and colleges in Wales to get £50m help

  22-07-2020 07:49 via bbc.co.uk
  
  The Welsh Government says the fund will help safeguard teaching and research as well as students.
  
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• A-level and GCSE results to be higher this summer

  21-07-2020 18:23 via bbc.co.uk
  
  A more lenient approach to replacement exam grades will see results going upwards, says watchdog.
  
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• Oxford college's Rhodes statue staying until next year

  21-07-2020 13:44 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Oriel College's review of what happens to its controversial Rhodes statue will report back next year.
  
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• Back-to-office parents need childcare, says Starmer

  20-07-2020 16:29 via bbc.co.uk
  
  Labour leader wants a summer childcare plan for parents, while the PM hails school funding boost.
  
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